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Second Draft: How Montreal got its name - Montreal Gazette

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Second Draft: How Montreal got its name
Montreal Gazette
De Pontbriant was a younger son of the lord of Montréal, a seigneurie in southwestern France, and an échanson, or ceremonial cupbearer, to the king's son. There are objections to both these possibilities, among them the assertion that whenever Cartier ...
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